Christiaan Röell – The Conversation

Businesses can freely use the SDG framework, logos and colours in their communications without any external validation, meaning they can misuse them without needing to take them seriously. (Shutterstock)

October 28, 2024

Businesses are leveraging the UN Sustainable Development Goals to gain political influence

Felix Arndt, University of Guelph and Christiaan Röell, UNSW

Canada has fallen behind in global SDG progress rankings. To reverse this, Canada needs better mechanisms to hold companies accountable and ensure the SDGs are actually being adhered to.

Tesla vehicles are parked outside of a building during a meeting between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing in 2019. Tesla is a company with both high reliance on North American technology and Chinese supply chains. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

February 16, 2022

How companies should respond to U.S.‑China tensions and global supply chain disruptions

Felix Arndt, University of Guelph; Abby Jingzi Zhou, University of Nottingham; Christiaan Röell, University of Sheffield; Steven Shijin Zhou, University of Nottingham, and Xiaomeng Liu, University of Nottingham

Research suggests that two factors are most important when making decisions on how businesses should respond to the U.S.-China trade war: location and supply chain dependence, and technology.

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